Prime Minister Fuller was hiding behind a bright red curtain as he snuck a glance out the window. As it turned out, Onean had already arrived outside his manor. His informants had already notified him from the moment Onean entered through the city gates of Sarus, so he wasn't surprised by her visit, but what did come as quite a surprise to him was that she had managed to return from the front lines alive.

Looking at her ashen complexion and hollow eyes, he knew that the outcome of the war was exactly as he had predicted.

The butler of the manor knocked on the door before entering the room, and he was just about to report the arrival of Onean when Fuller raised a hand, gesturing for him to be quiet.

At this moment, he was thinking about how he should treat the princess in order to not arouse suspicions from Prince Lazaar. In the wake of the war that had just transpired, it was clear that Prince Lazaar was going to be the future king of the Effer Kingdom, and he didn't want Lazaar to suspect the role that he had played in the Pillow Sword Tournament incident.

This is something that I have to think carefully about. If I lead the remaining soldiers in the city to oppose Lazaar's army to the...